Carly Fiorina Quotes
Communities and constituencies do not always have aligned interests.
Carly Fiorina, CEO, Hewlett Packard Company, Unsuccessful Candidate for the Republican Presidential Nomination, Unsuccessful Republican Candidate for the Senate (California), Commencement Speech, University of Maryland Business School, October 10, 2003
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Voting against a housing construction plan ordered by the federal court to remedy housing discrimination in Yonkers:
His recipe for mediating disputes.
Explaining his practice of not distinguishing between his opponents and supporters for the Republican nomination:
He works were banned and he was banished by both the North Vietnamese and the South Vietnamese during the Vietnam War where he tried to be a mediator and was present at the Paris Peace Talks. As late as 2007 he was still not allowed into Vietnam.
Some people get upset when they learn that members of the President’s cabinet disagreed with the president on a major policy. Yet this is very common and very desirable as long as when the President reaches his/her decision, the dissenters all close ranks and implement it. Some Presidents are not secure enough or confident enough to be comfortable with dissent. The greatest of our Presidents were known for their selection of strong advisors who have different perspectives. President Lincoln had all his rivals for the Presidency in his cabinet. Franklin Roosevelt appointed a number of Republicans to his cabinet and a left wing socialist also. Theodore Roosevelt’s Secretary of State, Elihu Root, was famous for telling the President where Root thought he was wrong. George Washington had Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton in his cabinet and they fought like cats and dogs. Jefferson ran against Washington’s Federalist party and destroyed that party at the polls. However, the nation was better for these brilliant, experienced cabinet members helping a strong President to make consider all possibilities and make better decisions.
Explaining his practice of not engaging in public debate over historical policies and disagreements that occurred when he was in office:
Cara Carleton "Carly" Fiorina is an American businesswoman and politician, known primarily for her tenure as CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP). As chief executive officer of HP from 1999 to 2005, Fiorina was the first woman to lead a Fortune Top-20 company.
